"Hige sceal þē heardra, heorte þē cēnre, mōd sceal þē māre, þē ūre mægen lytlað."

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Variant: Will shall be the sterner, heart the bolder, Spirit the greater as our strength lessens. — The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, "I. Beorhtnoth's Death" (introduction), lines translated by J. R. R. Tolkien.